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• Woodside modifies plans for contentious Browse joint venture project

  12-05-2025 23:24 via abc.net.au
  
  Western Australia's environmental watchdog takes the unusual step of reopening public consultation to Woodside's $30 billion Browse joint venture project after the company modified its proposal.
  
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• This couple sold worms, they say Bunnings crushed their business

  12-05-2025 22:09 via abc.net.au
  
  There's little this hardware store owner can do to stop Bunnings building next door, but when rivals want to move in on the warehouse giant's turf, it is a different story.
  
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• Bunnings has ways to keep rivals off its turf. David's struggling to stop it moving in next door

  12-05-2025 22:09 via abc.net.au
  
  There's little this hardware store owner can do to stop Bunnings building next door, but when rivals want to move in on the warehouse giant's turf, it is a different story.
  
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• 'Under no circumstances': Offshore salmon farm trial unwelcome, opponents say

  12-05-2025 21:27 via abc.net.au
  
  Salmon farming is controversial in Tasmania, and despite plans to place enclosures 12 kilometres offshore, opponents say it's still not good enough — no fish farming is welcome.
  
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• US treasury secretary announces 90-day pause on reciprocal China tariffs

  12-05-2025 09:33 via abc.net.au
  
  US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has also announced a substantial reduction in tariff levels following talks with Chinese officials in Geneva.
  
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• US and China agree to slash tariffs during 90-day pause

  12-05-2025 09:33 via abc.net.au
  
  The US and China have agreed to a 90-day pause on reciprocal tariffs, slashing them by 115 per cent.
  
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• Trump claims 'reset' with China following tariff agreement

  12-05-2025 09:33 via abc.net.au
  
  The US president says he could speak to China's President Xi Jinping by the end of the week, after the two countries agreed to a 90-day pause on reciprocal tariffs.
  
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• Elizabeth Holmes partner is raising money for a new blood-testing start-up

  12-05-2025 08:17 via abc.net.au
  
  The partner of disgraced Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes has reportedly raised millions of dollars in order to start a new blood-testing company, according to a report from the New York Times.
  
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• Ukrainian ambassador visits regional cafe that put tariffs on US goods

  12-05-2025 08:00 via abc.net.au
  
  The owners of a cafe in a tiny NSW town got a VIP visit after imposing a tariff on American goods to raise money for war-torn Ukraine.
  
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• Seven numbers that explain how Bunnings became Australia's biggest hardware chain

  12-05-2025 07:04 via abc.net.au
  
  Bunnings is super-profitable, but it's hard to picture its size. From its revenue to its growing home brand products. Bunnings' numbers continue to boom.
  
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• Why a job 'that's just a job' suits these people

  12-05-2025 03:17 via abc.net.au
  
  Meg has never had a "dream job" and says mundane works brings her financial security, peace, and flexibility. 
  
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• 'We are so much more than our work': The positives of a mundane job

  12-05-2025 03:17 via abc.net.au
  
  Meg has never had a "dream job" and says mundane works brings her financial security, peace, and flexibility. 
  
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• US and China hail 'constructive' Geneva trade talks

  12-05-2025 02:49 via abc.net.au
  
  The US and China end high-stakes trade talks on a positive note, with US officials touting a "deal" to reduce the US trade deficit while Chinese officials said the sides had reached an "important consensus".
  
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• Third multi-million-dollar tourism project planned for WA's South West

  12-05-2025 01:59 via abc.net.au
  
  Dozens of locals and several conservation groups push back on plans to build the luxury eco-friendly retreat along the Cape to Cape trail in the state's South West.
  
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• Fight looms over proposed $15m retreat along iconic WA coastal trail

  12-05-2025 01:59 via abc.net.au
  
  Dozens of locals and several conservation groups push back on plans to build the luxury eco-friendly retreat along the Cape to Cape trail in the state's South West.
  
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• Financial counsellors sound alarm over private assistance fees

  12-05-2025 00:51 via abc.net.au
  
  The Financial Counsellors Association of WA warns that private assistance services charging fees to lodge complaints with banks and the financial ombudsman on behalf of customers are not necessary.
  
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